Dead and Ringing

Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.

Ringing is an antonym for dead.

Nearby Word: deadly

Ringing

Ringing adjective - Marked by a high volume of sound.
Usage example: an angry, ringing denial of the charges

Dead is an antonym for ringing.

Nearby Words: ring, ringer, ringed

Both words in one sentence

  • Creepy Mortician Sid: (After finding a ringing phone inside a victim of the week) My very first dead ringer.
  • Quest for Identity He finds a dead woman in the bedroom, and the phone is ringing.
  • The Walking Dead in Season 1 Episode 4 Chuck says the trope name when a mysterious woman got the church bells ringing attracting the walkers towards the gang.
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